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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hume say are the only two things we have in our minds?

2. By what does Hume say all human action is determined?

3. Which virtues does Hume say are instinctual?

4. What does Hume say societies need to defend themselves against attack?

5. What does Hume say happens to justice over time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hume's argument against those who defend free will?

2. Why does Hume state that morality is not based on reason?

3. What does Part Three of Book Three say about natural virtues?

4. Why does Hume claim that actions are not the result of passions?

5. Why does Hume want to answer the question, "Which impression or ideas help us to divide virtue from vice?"

6. How has society developed a sense of justice?

7. Why does Hume think reason is the slave of the passions?

8. When do moral pleasures and pains occur?

9. Why does Hume think there is no free will in religion?

10. How does Hume divide direct passions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Summarize each of the three books and answer the following questions.

1. What are the main arguments in each of the three books?

2. How does does each of the three books contribute to the overall argument?

Essay Topic 2

What is the relationship between reason and passion? Why is this relationship important in terms of human will?

Essay Topic 3

Define the following philosophical terms and describe why they are so important in understanding Hume's Treatise.

1. Empiricism.

2. Skepticism.

3. Impressions.

4. Cause and effect.

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